neuter

英 [ˈnjuːtə(r)]

美 [ˈnuːtər]

adj.  中性的
v.  阉割(动物); 使失去作用

过去分词：neutered　过去式：neutered　现在分词：neutering　复数：neuters　第三人称单数：neuters　

BNC.35574 / COCA.25438

牛津词典

adj.

• 中性的
  belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns, adjectives or verbs whose gender is not feminine or masculine
  1. The Polish word for ‘window’ is neuter.
     波兰语里“窗户”一词是中性的。

verb

• 阉割（动物）
  to remove part of the sex organs of an animal so that it cannot produce young
  1. Has your cat been neutered?
     你家的猫阉过了吗？
• 使失去作用
  to prevent sth from having the effect that it ought to have

柯林斯词典

• VERB 阉割;给(动物)绝育
  When an animalis neutered, its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies.
  1. We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep them under close supervision.
     我们要求公众为自家的狗做绝育手术，并严格看管。
• VERB 使无效;使无权
  Toneuteran organization, group, or person means to make them powerless and ineffective.
  1. ...the Government's 'hidden agenda' to neuter local authorities...
     削夺地方政府权力的政府“秘密议程”
  2. Their air force had been neutered before the work began.
     任务开始之前他们的空军就已经丧失了威力。
• (某些语言中名词、代词、形容词等)中性的
  In some languages, aneuternoun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or feminine one, or behaves in a different way.

英英释义

noun

• a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)

verb

• remove the ovaries of
  1. Is your cat spayed?
  Synonym:alterspaycastrate

adj

• of grammatical gender
  1. `it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun
• having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
  Synonym:sexless

双语例句

• Additional, neuter colorific is used inside the study, mediate a concise and friendly atmosphere.
  另外，书房内中性色彩的使用，调和出简洁而亲切的气氛。
• There are three genders in germanmasculine, feminine and neuter.
  德语中有三性阳性、阴性和中性。
• English nouns can be divided into four categories: masculine, feminine, common and neuter.
  英语名词中四种不同类别的性：阳性、阴性、通性和中性。
• Cleanness uses clear water or neuter scour please, use cloth wipe up finally, lest the ground slips.
  清洁请用清水或中性洗涤剂，最后用布擦干净，以免地滑。
• Neuter and tonal ash, white, black can with any tonal collocation.
  中性色调的灰、白、黑可以与任何色调搭配。
• It is manufactured a follow sealant to neuter pen with synthetic oil and white carbon black, this sealant possesses good follow performance, and can satisfy the sealing requirement of neuter pen.
  用合成油和白碳黑制备了一种中性笔随动密封剂，该密封剂有良好的随动性能，能满足中性笔的密封要求。
• Gender theory explains, neuter is a kind of "sex", and it ignores the objective existence of gender differences.
  性别理论上解释说，中性化是一种“无性化”，它忽略了客观存在的男女性别差异。
• Today, somebody called me a neuter.
  今天，有人就开始叫我是无性动物。
• Neuter skin: neutral skin belongs to a hundred of natural beauty, do not appear white oil, the red aesthetic feeling, fine skin pores.
  中性肌肤：中性皮肤属于百年一见的天生丽质，不干不油，呈现白里透红的美感，肤质细腻，毛孔较小。
• To solve the problems with overpopulation, there is an easy and effective way: trap, neuter and release.
  解决猫群数量膨胀的问题，有一个简单有效的方法：抓捕，绝育，放归。